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  2. Potty parity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Despite the passage of legislation, equitable access to public toilets remains a problem for women in the United States. [2] No federal legislation relates to provision of facilities for women; [3] however, Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations stipulate "toilet rooms separate for each sex" unless unisex toilets are provided ...

  3. Potty parity - Wikipedia

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    Section and plan of public toilets in Charing Cross Road, London, 1904. The men's facilities (left) comprise 12 cubicles and 13 urinals; whereas the women's facilities (right) comprise just 5 cubicles. Potty parity is equal or equitable provision of public toilet facilities for females and males within a public space. Parity can be defined by ...

  4. Why Public Bathrooms Are So Rare in America - AOL

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    The U.S. has eight public toilets per 100,000 people. Public toilets were a fact of life in the U.S. and elsewhere for centuries — at least as far back as the Roman Empire. As leaders began to ...

  5. Restroom Access Act - Wikipedia

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    US states with Restroom Access Acts. The Restroom Access Act, also known as Ally's Law, is legislation passed by several U.S. states that requires retail establishments that have toilet facilities for their employees to also allow customers to use the facilities if the customer has a medical condition requiring immediate access to a toilet, such as inflammatory bowel disease or Crohn’s disease.

  6. Open defecation - Wikipedia

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    Another example is a lack of public toilets in cities, whether by a reluctance among businesses to allow patrons to use their toilets or limited hours (e.g. if there are no 24-hour businesses in town and someone needs to use the toilet after regular business hours), which can be a big problem for homeless people.

  7. Are there health risks to using public toilets? Here’s what ...

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    In short, the best thing you can do to avoid germs in public bathroom is to minimize your contact with high-touch areas such as flush handles, toilet seats and faucet taps (or at least avoid ...

  8. Public toilet - Wikipedia

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    A notable early example of a public toilet in the United States is the Old School Privy. The American architect Frank Lloyd Wright claimed to have "invented the hung wall for the w.c. (easier to clean under)" when he designed the Larkin Administration Building in Buffalo, New York in 1904.

  9. Privatization of public toilets - Wikipedia

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    Privatization of public toilets is an ongoing process in the United States and other countries. Police (e.g. in Los Angeles ) have sometimes supported their privatization , claiming that public toilets are "crime scenes" that attract illegal activity.